Mechanised communication is the bedrock of modern cultural globalisation

Evidence

This comment leads on to a further and quite fundamental aspect of globalisation, which lies behind each of the various institutional dimensions that have been mentioned and which might be referred to as cultural globalisation. Mechanised technologies of communication have dramatically influenced all aspects of globalisation since the first introduction of mechanical printing into Europe. They form an essential element of the reflexivity of modernity and of the discontinuities which have torn the modern away from the traditional. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 191

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces ‘cultural globalisation’ as the fourth, underlying dimension — communication technology constitutes the reflexivity that defines modernity against tradition.
• XREF: The reflexivity of modernity this introduces is the theoretical engine behind Giddens’s account of why institutional trust (faceless commitments) becomes necessary — the same foundation the reader is mapping onto Stevens. — connects to: Modernity transforms both global interconnection and the most intimate personal life — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 24; Studying culture is fundamentally studying communications — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 251; Modern communications technology has fundamentally reshaped human consciousness and social relations (+6 more)

Related

• Industrialism’s communication technologies shaped humanity’s global self-awareness (similarity 0.89)
• Modern communications technology has fundamentally reshaped human consciousness and social relations (similarity 0.81)
• Modernity transforms both global interconnection and the most intimate personal life (similarity 0.80)
• Modern communications stay reliable without shared moral views or personal acquaintance. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Industrialism’s communication technologies shaped humanity’s global self-awareness #corroborates (0.70) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 190
• Studying culture is fundamentally studying communications #corroborates (0.60) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 251
• Modern communications technology has fundamentally reshaped human consciousness and social relations #corroborates (0.55)
• Communication constitutes reality rather than merely representing it #expands (0.50) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 382
• Communication is a symbolic process producing and maintaining reality. #expands (0.45) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 180